Tuesday, February 21, 2017

How to Make a Book Trailer – Part 3

So, I’m assuming you’ve come from Part 2.
If you haven’t read Part 1 or Part 2, do so now. Then come back here.

Okay, you’re back! Great. That means you’ve
done a story-board for your book trailer, and you’ve compiled all the images,
video clips, and audio that you are going to use.

Making a Book Trailer Video

The next step is to edit it all together
into a marvelous book trailer video! I can’t tell you how to use your video editing software,
because there are so many options for software out there and they’re all
different. Here are tutorials for your basic software that comes with your
computer:Windows Movie Maker: Narrated by a nice American lady.

IMovie: Vanessa here is also American. Her volume is quite low, though.

Here’s a tutorial for how to use Adobe
Premiere Pro, my personal favourite video editing software. Warning: it’s
expensive. But if you want to be a pro video editor or if you think you’re
going to have a lot of multimedia projects at school, this is a good
investment. Kris here claims that he can teach you how to use it in 20 minutes... go!

Ready to put your video together? Remember: a fantastic book trailer for
school should…

Set the tone or mood of the
book through the words, music, colours, and images you select.